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It's fun and as 2000s as anything can be. The missions are always very short and can be lost or won in a few minutes.

I don't know whether you should remove this one, or find a way to still play it.

Meh, it is kind of cool that this was made, but it still plays like a barely functioning mod.

I still got the box somewhere. I remember the campaign losing me pretty early on, but the gameplay was generally solid.

It doesn't. It has less of an open world than Dark Souls. There are classic levels, they are rather long and you can return to them, but they are seperate levels with no connection between them. Apart from that, it's an interesting game with a fresh setting. It's competently made, the graphics are good. But... it's not really good. Thin story, kind of bland in general. They tried to make the settings rather realistic, which means you are mainly walking through similar streets most of the time. This isn't helped by the fact that many assets for buildings are re-used several times in each levels. I got lost all the time. It's also suprisingly easy. You get a freeze gun early on and it works on almost every boss. You also have a wide variety of weapons to make the game more difficult for you - or only use the chain weapons, that keep you out of reach of many enemies.

It's not an old school fps. It's more akin to shooters of the late 2010s - dashing, no quick saving, special abilities. I didn't like it.

The first one is better, especially atmosphere-wise.

Not bad, but in the end it's just another retro shooter.

I might play this for the architecture alone. Maybe on discount.

I like what they are going for, but it looks rather monotonous. Poolcore is a varied aesthetic.

I've added this to my whislist, too. It's not a procedually generated world, so I'm kind of excited to play it - as soon as there's a discount.

I think it's trying too hard to be weird. It's kind of a bland aimless weirdness.

I kind of expected more from it. It's cute, funny and the gameplay is absolutely fine ... but I just thought there would be more about the Cylinder than just a glorified system for enclosing levels.

This feels very oldschool. It reminded me a bit of Alone in the Dark: New Nightmare (2001). The biggest problem is that it's kind of boring. As Arseniy mentioned, the writing is weak and the gameplay isn't anything special either. I'd rather play Alone in the Dark.Other Media

I had no trouble finding a cheap copy after reading this thread. Getting it to run took only a bit of effort. It's really a decent game.